Tile refrigerator.



No. 653,853. Patented July [7,1900.

H. C. TANNER.

TILE REFRIGERATOR.

(Application filed Feb. 15, 1900.)

(No Model.)

WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY C. TANNER, OF RICHMOND, INDIANA.

TILE REFRIGERATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 653,853, dated July 1'7, 1900. Application filed February 15, 1900. Serial No. 5,289. (No model.)

To (l/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY C. TANNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond, in the county of Wayne and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tile Refrigerators, of which the following is a specification.

Heretofore in that class of refrigerators in which the exposed surfaces are made of tile the means of fastening the tile in place has been such as to protrude beyond the surfaces, preventing articles from coming in close contact with such surfaces and interfering with the operation of cleaning, as well as providing places of lodgment for extraneous substances. A multiplicity of fastening devices has also been required.

The object of my present invention is to overcome these disadvantages; and it consists in a means of fastening the tile in place which shall require but a single fastening for each tile and shall be so constructed as to leave the surfaces free from projections, as will be hereinafter more particularly described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof, and on which similar reference characters indicate similar parts, Figure l is a front perspective view of a refrigerator embodying my said invention; Fig. 2, a fragmentary end elevation thereof; Fig. 3, a detail sectional view on the dotted line 3 3 in Fig. 2 3 and Fig. 4, a detail sectional view, on an enlarged scale, similar to 35 a portion of Fig. 3.

The refrigerator embodies a suitable frame work- 1, upon which are secured outer tiles 2 and inner tiles 3 by means of screws 4. The tiles 2 and 3 are perforated at central points with countersunk holes adapted to receive the bevel-headed screws 4, said holes and; said screws being formed to fit each other. In placing the tile upon the frame of the refrigerator the screws 4 are inserted in the holes in the tiles 2 and 3 and driven into the framework 1, so that the heads are level with or slightly below the surfaces of the tile, thus leaving a smooth unbroken surface free from protuberances of any kind.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, in a refrigerator, of a framework,1,the several outer and inner tiles, 2 and 3, each having a countersunk perforation in its center adapted to receive the screws, ei, and said screws, which, when the parts are assembled, are driven into said perforations in the center of each tile so that the heads do not extend above the surfaces of said tile, all substantially as shown and described and for the purposes set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 9th day of February, A. D. 1900.

HARRY C. TANNER.

Witnesses:

G. S. FRYE, JAMES A. WALsH. 

